,,Centre
for Cultural Relationships – Caucasian House’’ has been working in regions of Georgia, particularly, Signagi
Municipality village of Nukriani,
since 1999. Initially, it had the format of a movement in the region and its
motto was ,,Save Our Village’’. The implemented projects were based on the
Caucasian House’s general vision and values, i.e. development of the village
community capacities through education and culture.

In
2008, the ongoing projects were united under a single program and the document
for strategic development of Caucasian House was called ,,The Program of Civil
Education and Community Development in the Regions of Georgia’’.

Starting
from the year 2008, in the framework of the Program, there were implemented
several significant projects in the course of development of which projects the
target region was enhanced. Except Signagi
Municipality and Nukriani community
the Caucasian House commenced its activities in Gurjaani and the village
of Napareuli of Telavi Municipality.

In 2010,
the Caucasian House administration carried out critical analysis of 10
years performance in the region and decided to found the Program of Civil Education and Community Development in the
Regions of Georgia as an independent organization. Caucasian House thinks that
separation of the mentioned Program and its registration as an independent
organization will promote the success of the Program and help it in independent
development of its own policy.

It can be
said that Caucasian House played the role of an ,,incubator’’ and, at this stage,
there are all prerequisites of creation of an independent organization on the
Program’s basis. Moreover, we think, that on the background of a certain
structural crisis in the civil sector, emerging of a strong and committed actor
will qualitatively enrich the spectrum of civil sector organizations and
contribute to the country’s process of democratization.

Thus, the
submitted document represents the analysis of 10 years performance of Caucasian
House regional program and the strategy of the organization ,,Community
Development Centre’’, founded by Caucasian House on the basis of this
Program, and the base document of its future activities.